37416 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 132 / Friday, July 10, 1998 / Notices

Room N–2625, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

(202) 219–7894. Written comments

limited to 10 pages or less may be

transmitted by facsimile to (202) 219–

5046.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Laurence Davey, Directorate of

Construction, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, Room N3621, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210,

(202) 219–7207. Copies of the

information collection requests are

available for inspection and copying in

the Docket Office and will be mailed to

persons who request copies by

telephoning Mr. Davey at (202) 219–

7207 or Barbara Bielaski at (202) 219–

8076. For electronic copies of the

information collection request, contact

OSHA’s Web Page on the Internet at

http://www.osha-slc.gov (click on

Information Collection Requests).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In OSHA’s construction standard for

excavations, employers are required to

protect employees from cave-in hazards

by using one of several protective

systems. The information required to be

collected by this standard is used by

employers or engineers to design proper

cave-in systems that will support the

walls of the excavation or trench.

The employer may choose to slope the

sides of the trench or bench (step) the

soil back. They could also choose to use

a support system or shield, such as a

trench box. The standard provides

allowable configurations and slopes,

and provides appendixes to assist the

employer with designing either the

sloping/benching systems or the

support/shield systems. If an employer

elects to use a protective system

designed by a registered professional

engineer, or bases his/her system on

tabulated data provided by sources

other than the appendix, the employer

must obtain certain information and

keep it at the job site for review at the

time of an inspection. The information

obtained by the employer will contain

the identity of the registered

professional engineer who approved the

design, will normally specify why a

particular system was chosen, list the

limits of the system chosen, and any

explanatory information to aid the user

of the data in the appropriate selection.

The documentation provides both the

employer and the compliance officer

with the information necessary to

determine if the appropriate system has

been selected and designed properly.

Without the information collection

requirements which are contained in

§ 1926.652(b)—Design of Sloping and

Benching Systems, and § 1926.652(c)—

Design of Support Systems, Shield

Systems, and other Protective Systems,

employees would be at greater risk from

cave-in hazards.

Current Action

This notice requests public comment

on OSHA’s burden hour estimates prior

to OSHA seeking Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) approval of the

information collection requirements

contained in 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) and

(c), Design of Cave-in Protective

Systems.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

approval.

Agency: Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor.

Title: Design of Cave-in Protective

systems (29 CFR 1926.652 (b) and (c)).

OMB Number: 1218–0137.

Agency Number: Docket No. ICR–98–

17.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Estimated time Per Respondent:

Ranges from –0– to 2 hours.

Total Burden Hours: 20,080 hours.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

July 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary of Labor.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

[Docket No. NRTL–2–93]

Entela, Inc., Expansion of Recognition

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of expansion of

recognition as a Nationally Recognized

Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Agency’s final decision on the

application of Entela, Inc., for expansion

of its recognition as an NRTL under 29

CFR 1910.7.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This recognition will

become effective on July 10, 1998 and

will be valid until July 10, 2003, unless

terminated or modified prior to that

date, in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.7.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernard Pasquet, NRTL Program, Office

of Technical Programs and Coordination

Activities, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Room N3653, Washington, D.C.

20210, or phone (202) 219–7056.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Notice of Final Decision

Notice is hereby given that the

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration (OSHA) has expanded

the recognition of Entela, Inc. (ENT) as

a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory (NRTL) to include the 11 test

standards (equipment and materials)

listed below, with the limitations noted.

ENT applied for expansion of its current

recognition as an NRTL, pursuant to 29

CFR 1910.7, for the additional test

standards. A notice announcing the

application was published in the

Federal Register on April 17, 1998 (63

FR 19275). The notice included a

preliminary finding that ENT could

meet the requirements for expansion of

its recognition detailed in 29 CFR

1910.7, and invited public comment on

the application by June 16, 1998. No

comments were received concerning the

request for expansion. ENT’s previous

application pursuant to 29 CFR 1910.7

was for an expansion of its recognition

(62 FR 8041, 2/21/97), which OSHA

granted on May 22, 1997 (62 FR 28066).

Copies of all documents (Docket No.

NRTL–2–93) are available for inspection

and duplication at the Docket Office,

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Room N2634, Washington, D.C. 20210.

The address of the ENT laboratories

covered by this recognition are:

Entela, Inc., 3033 Madison, S.E., Grand

Rapids, Michigan 49548

Entela Taiwan Laboratories, 3F No. 260

262 Wen, Lin North Road, Pei Tou,

Taipei, Taiwan.

Background

ENT submitted a request, dated

September 29, 1997 (see Exhibit 11), to

expand its recognition as a Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory for

additional test standards. In a

recommendation dated February 17,

1998 (see Exhibit 12), staff for the NRTL

Program recommended that ENT’s

recognition be expanded to include the

additional test standards. The

recommendation also incorporated the

limitations on the recognition of the
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Taipei, Taiwan facilities and personnel,

when applicable to the testing and

evaluation of products under the test

standards listed below. These

limitations are repeated herein.

In its request for expansion, ENT

included a specific reference to an

International Electrotechnical

Commission (IEC) standard for many of

the test standards listed below. Each

specific reference is apparently

intended to show the IEC standard

equivalent to the U.S. national test

standard requested. While there may be

some equivalence, this expansion of

recognition does not apply to or cover

any of the IEC standards referenced in

ENT’s current request for expansion.

This clarification is provided since it

may not be readily apparent to some

reviewers of the public record

concerning this notice.

Final Decision and Order

Based upon a preponderance of the

evidence resulting from an examination

of the request for expansion, the

supporting documentation, and the

NRTL Program staff recommendation,

dated February 17, 1998, OSHA finds

that ENT has met the requirements of 29

CFR 1910.7 for expansion of its present

recognition to test and certify certain

additional equipment or materials.

Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR

1910.7, ENT’s recognition is hereby

expanded to include the 11 test

standards listed below, subject to the

limitations and condition. This

recognition is limited to equipment or

materials that, under 29 CFR Part 1910,

require testing, listing, labeling,

approval, acceptance, or certification, by

a Nationally Recognized Testing

Laboratory. This recognition is further

limited to the use of the following test

standards for the testing and

certification of equipment or materials

included within the scope of these

standards.

ENT asserts by its application that the

following standards pertain to

equipment or materials that will be used

in environments under OSHA’s

jurisdiction, and OSHA has determined

the standards are appropriate within the

meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c):

ANSI/UL 130 Electric Heating Pads

ANSI/UL 858 Household Electric

Ranges

ANSI/UL 969 Marking and Labeling

Systems

ANSI/UL 1431 Personal Hygiene and

Health Care Appliances

ANSI/UL 2157 Electric Clothes

Washing Machines and Extractors

UL 2601–1 Medical Electrical

Equipment, Part 1: General

Requirements for Safety

UL 6500 Audio/Video and Musical

Instrument Apparatus for Household,

Commercial, and Similar General Use

UL 8730–1 Electrical Controls for

Household and Similar Use; Part 1:

General Requirements

UL 8730–2–3 Automatic Electrical

Controls for Household and Similar

Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements

for Thermal Motor Protectors for

Ballasts for Tubular Fluorescent

Lamps

UL 8730–2–4 Automatic Electrical

Controls for Household and Similar

Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements

for Thermal Motor Protectors for

Motor Compressors or Hermetic and

Semi-Hermetic Type

UL 8730–2–8 Automatic Electrical

Controls for Household and Similar

Use; Part 2: Particular Requirements

for Electrically Operated Water Valves

Limitations

Taiwan Facility

The following limitations apply to the

recognition of the Taiwan facility:

a. The Taiwan facility shall be limited

to carrying out minor mechanical and

electrical testing of instruments and

small appliances.

b. Performance of inspections shall be

limited to Entela personnel.

Conditions

Entela, Inc. must also abide by the

following conditions of the recognition,

in addition to those already required by

29 CFR 1910.7:

OSHA shall be allowed access to

ENT’s facility and records for purposes

of ascertaining continuing compliance

with the terms of its recognition and to

investigate as OSHA deems necessary;

If ENT has reason to doubt the

efficacy of any test standard it is using

under this program, it shall promptly

inform the test standard developing

organization of this fact and provide

that organization with appropriate

relevant information upon which its

concerns are based;

ENT shall not engage in or permit

others to engage in any

misrepresentation of the scope or

conditions of its recognition. As part of

this condition, ENT agrees that it will

allow no representation that it is either

a recognized or an accredited Nationally

Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL)

without clearly indicating the specific

equipment or material to which this

recognition is tied, or that its

recognition is limited to certain

products;

ENT shall inform OSHA as soon as

possible, in writing, of any change of

ownership or key personnel, including

details;

ENT will continue to meet the

requirements for recognition in all areas

where it has been recognized; and

ENT will always cooperate with

OSHA to assure compliance with the

spirit as well as the letter of its

recognition and 29 CFR 1910.7.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of

July 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Announcement of OMB

Approval

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA) is

announcing that a collection of

information has been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. This document announces

the OMB approval number and

expiration date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert O’Brien, Division of

Administration and Training

Information, Office of Training and

Education, Occupational Safety and

Health Administration, U.S. Department

of Labor, 1555 Times Drive, Des Plaines,

IL 60018, telephone (847) 297–4810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of January 21, 1998,

(63 FR 3155–3156), the Agency

announced its intent to request

reinstatement of its OMB approval for

the Student Data Form. In accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), OMB has

reinstated its approval for this

information collection and assigned

OMB control number 1218–0172 to the

Student Data Form. The approval

expires 5/31/2001. Under 5 CFR

1320.5(b), an Agency may not conduct

or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to, a collection of

information unless the collection

displays a valid control number.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Charles N. Jeffress,

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18427 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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